Iron Mike Tyson warned Terence Crawford to avoid Canelo Alvarez by claiming that the Mexican is simply too big for him, as the American continues to push for a legacy-defining fight against the unified super-middleweight champion.

Bud Crawford recently put Israil Madrimov to bed for he and Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority boss, Turki Al-Alsheikh, who then began to push for the bout against the 34-year-old before he faced Edgar Berlanga.

Despite being ordered to face Sebastian Fundora, the 36-year-old Crawford continues to push to face Canelo. But Tyson, ex-undisputed heavyweight champion, advises him to think twice about it.

“I don’t like that fight,” Tyson told the It Is What It Is podcast. “Too much weight (for Crawford).

“He had a close fight with the last guy (Madrimov) he fought because he was big and really awkward. He shouldn’t have even fought that guy.”

The WBO ordered Crawford to face Fundora on August 28 with an agreement to make the fight expected to be announced by no later than Friday, September 27 or he risk being stripped of his WBA and WBO light-middleweight titles.

It’s unclear if they will clash in the ring and Canelo had upset Al-Alsheikh by seemingly pricing himself out of the bout, but one thing that is clear is that Crawford definitely wants that fight.

“Just put me in the game,” Crawford said live on Instagram. “Canelo-Crawford, the biggest fight in boxing.

“But we stay ready, though. That way, we don’t got to get ready.”

Canelo looking away from Crawford

The man from Guadalajara seems to be looking upwards since he is reportedly tipped to face the winner of Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol in their clash to become undisputed light-heavyweight.

If that happens then Canelo bids to add belts in a fifth weight class to his trophy room and he reportedly doesn’t see much value in facing Crawford, under the impression he won’t get any credit if he wins meaning it’s not worth the risk.

“He just felt that you have got a welterweight coming up to light-middleweight,” Eddie Hearn, his old promoter, told media. “Going up to super-middleweight and that he wouldn’t get any credit for that win.

“I don’t think that Crawford is a guy that he would necessarily be picking. I think that he would pick Benavidez over Crawford because he knows he would get the credit for that victory, whereas he might not for fighting a guy that is three or four divisions lower.”